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W. R. GAUDIE. PIB RAISING AND LIDDING MACHINE.

No. 483,549. Patented Oct. 4, 1892.

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WILLIAM R. GAUDIE, OF .IARRONL ENGLAND.

PIE RAISING AND LIDDING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. 483,549, dated October4, 1892.

Application filed May 31, 1892. Serial No. 434,939. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ROBERT GAU- DIE, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain and Ireland, and a resident of Jarrow, county of Durham,England, have invented an Improvement in Pie Raising and LiddingMachines, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to an improved pie raising and lidding machine,and is intended for the purpose of blocking or raising pies and fittinglids thereon. It can be made of brass or iron; and in order that myinvention may be fully herein explained and rendered intelligible I willnow refer to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l shows a sideelevation; Fig. 2, a side elevation,partly in section; Fig. 3, a plan,with the plunger hereinafter referred to removed, and Fig. e an end viewof a machine constructed after my invention.

Throughout this description like marks of reference designate likeparts.

Referring to the drawings, A is a mold hinged at A', so as to be capableof opening and shutting on this center.

A2 is a handle on the movable portion of the mold to aid in opening andshutting the same, and A3 is a projection on the fixed part of the mold,secured to which is the springcatch A4, which engages and disengageswith handle A2. To disengage, the end A5 of catch A4 is depressed. Theengagement is automatic.

Formed in one with or attached to the mold is an arm 7, which may beprovided with holes for screwing the machine down to a table or bench,and toward the end of the arm lugs S are formed, between which acorresponding lug on the arm 9 of the plunger 10 is centered or hinged.A fork 11 is provided on the arm 9, arranged to embrace the feather 12on the arm 7, which thus serves as a vertical guide to the motions ofthe plunger, as hereinafter described. The plunger (shown in section inFig. 2) is only designed to enter the mold a certain distance. The spacebetween the plunger-bottom and the mold-bottom represents the thicknessof the pie-bottom, and the sides of the pie are similarly formed betweenthe plunger and the mold sides.

13 is a pipe formed on arm 9, fitted with a gasburner 14, to the outerend or nozzle of which a IieXible gas-service pipe may be readilyattached. This is for the purpose of warming the plunger and to improvethe working of the pastry.

15 is a handle (shown broken od) for lifting and lowering the plunger.

16 is a tin disk and 16:L a tin ring, which fit, respectively, thebottom and sides of the mold, and thus act to prevent the pie being tornasunder when the mold is opened.

17 is the lidder, which may be hinged on an extension of the spindle A.The upper and lower opposite edges of the hole in the lidder throughwhich the spindle A passes are beveled off, as shown at C. This is forthe purpose of enabling the lidder to be lifted up at an angle, so thatits projecting under side may clear the mold when it is required toswing the lidder round.

19 is a vertical stop screwed into or cast on the base of the handleA2011 the movable portion of the mold A, and this stop engages with acorresponding recess 19 on the lidder.

The under side of the lidder is formed as shown in the drawings for thepurpose of shaping the pie and trim ming its edges. For thelatterpurpose any ornamentation required may be obtained bycorresponding formations on the edges of the lidder. The upper edges ofthe mold are beveled, so as to form a neat edge in cutting or shearingoff the pastry, as hereinafter described. On the uppersurface of thelidder-suitable bearing-surfaces 20 are formed for the plunger to restagainst.

The operation of the invention is as follows: The gas-jet having beenlighted, first throw the plunger back and turn the lidder round out ofthe way of the mold. (See Fig. 3. The mold having been opened by handleA to insert the tin bottom piece and tin lining-ring close the mold.Then put enough pastry into the mold to make the bottom and sides of thepie and bring down the plunger onto the pastry, which will have theeffect of squeezinga portion of the pastry upward into the annular spacebetween the plunger and the mold, so as thus to form the bottom andsides of the pie. The heat of the gas burning in andissuing from the endof pipe 13 not only renders the pastry easier to work, but the warmthalso has the effect of preventing the pastry adher IOO ing to theplunger, which can thus be readily withdrawn from the mold Withoutdamaging the shape of the pie. The contents of the pie are then insertedand apastry-lid of sufficient size laid over it. New lift the lidder upand swing it round, as above described, into position over the Inold andagain bring down the plunger, which will force the lidder downinto thernold, as shown in Fig. 4, nx the lid to the sides of the pie, eut oftthe pastry-edges around the pie-top, shape, and finish the pie. Finally,lift up the plunger and lidder and open the mold to remove the moldedand lidded pie. It will be observed that Yin the operation justdescribed the weight and leverage of the plunger is utilized to assistin the lidding operation.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A pie raising and lidding machine consisting of a mold adapted to beopened and shut horizontally and a lidder adapted to be lifted and swunground on a pivot on or contiguous to the mold, in combination with anarm and a gas-heated plunger carried thereby, the said arm beingcentered on an extension of the same frame or casting as the mold itselfand having a handle to apply pressure to the plunger, the several partsbeing arranged and adapted to operate substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my narne to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

W. R. GAUDIE.

Witnesses:

ALFRED CRAWHALL CHAPMAN, JAMES ANDREW HARVER.

